LA Hughes, GH Knutson. Remote acute suppurative tenosynovitis secondary to carpal tunnel release under local anaesthesia. Can J Plast Surg 1993; 1(2):95-97. A case of acute suppurative tenosynovitis following carpal tunnel release under local anaesthesia is presented. This complication is believed to have resulted from injection contamination of the flexer tendon sheath during the administration of local anaesthesia. This is supported by the fact that the incisional wound remained healthy and healed uneventfully.
